Participant Code
Gender
I find that I need to use the Internet more to get the same enjoyment as before.
When I use the Internet now, I do not feel as good as I used to.
Time spent on the Internet now is not as enjoyable as it was when I first started using the Internet.
Since I first began using the Internet I would say that the amount of time I spend on line has increased but not the satisfaction.
I feel depressed, moody or nervous when I am off the internet which goes away when I log on.
I feel distressed when I am unable to spend as much time on the Internet as I usually do.
The more time I spend away from the Internet, the more irritable I feel.
When I attempt to cut back of stop using the Internet I find that the irritability that I experience is relieved by going back on the Internet
I have stayed on the Internet longer than I intended to.
I have said to myself “just a few more minutes on the Internet.”
I find myself accessing more information on the Internet that I had planned to.
I find myself doing more things on the Internet than I had intended to
I have felt a persistent desire to cut down or control my use of the Internet.
I have attempted to spend less time on the Internet but I have been unable to do so.
I have tried unsuccessfully to restrict my Internet use because of previous over use.
I would like to spend less time on the Internet.
I have walked or driven to campus/work specifically to use the Internet at times when I normally would not go to campus/work
After being on the Internet late into the night in sleep late the next morning because of my Internet use.
Once I am on the Internet, I seem to stay on for a long time.
I am on the Internet so much that I have to make up for the lost time.
I have missed class/work so that I would have more time to spend on the Internet.
I have neglected things, which are important and need doing.
I see my friends less often because of the time that I spend on the Internet.
I have given up a particular recreational activity in order that I would have more time on the Internet
At times I have tried to conceal how long I have been on the Internet
My grades/work have suffered because of my Internet use.
I have lost sleep because of my Internet use
The Internet has affected my life in a negative way.
The people I know through the Internet know me better than my friends at university
I prefer socializing on the Internet rather than in person with my friends and family
I feel that life without the Internet would be boring and empty.
I find myself thinking/longing about when I will go on the Internet again.
When I feel lonely, I use the Internet to talk to others.
When I use the Internet, I experience a buzz or a high (i.e., feeling elated).
I use the Internet as a way of escaping the “real world.”